Gate.



UNITED STATES rATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. HALONE, OF MdNCHE-STER. IOWA.

GATE.

No. 887,576.. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filer! August 24:, 1907. Boris-l Ho. seams.

T all whom it may concern: therefrom, said am being1 provided with t e finger 11 ex- Be it known that I, EDWARD P. MALONE, openings, through which a citizen of the United States. residing at tends. Manchester, in the county of Delaware and Extendi from the upright 8 to the auxso 6 State of Iowa, have invented certain new and iliary uprig it 12, are a plurality of strands useful Improvements in Gates; and I do 14, which are preferably of wire and form the hereby declare the followin to be a full, body of the gate, said strands being spaced clear, and exact description 0 the invention; apart at their central --ortion by means of a such as will enable others skilled in the art to spreader 15, which is fixed atits central por- 10 whichit appertsins to make anduse the same. tron to the 10:1 itudinal center of the bar 10 My invention relates to new and useful and extends a mve and below said bar, the improvements iii-gates, and my object is to strands being secured in said spreader in any provide means for readily securing the gate preferred manner; 1n its closed position. The object in slidably mounting the auxil- 7o A further object is to provide means for iury upright- 12 on the finger I], is to decrease drawing the strands forming the ate, taut, the tension on the strands 4, when the ate when the gate is closed, and astill urther obis in an open position. and in order to old iect is to provide means pivotally mounting said strands under a slight tension, a spring the gate to an anchor post. I6 is intrndurod on the finger 11, between 20 Other objects and advantages wiii be herethe arm 13 and the end of the bar 10, the teninafter referred to and more particularly sion of the spring being suiiicient to normally pointed out in the claims. hold the strands from sagging.

In the accom anyin drawings which are The ate, when in its closed position, is made a part of t' is appiication, Figure 1 is a adapter to cooperate with a. latch post 17 so .25 side elevation of my rm roved form of gate, and in order to secure the gate to the latch showing the same in its c osed position. Fig. post and draw the strands 14 taut, I provide '2 is a top plan view of one end of the gate, a pair of cleviscs 18 and I9, respect-ively -for showing the means for securing the gate in the 11 per and-lower ends of the auxiliary its closed position, and, F' 3 is a sectional uprig t, the clevis 19, beingseoured to. the so vie.\v,-as seen on line 33, in. 1. latch post 17, while the clevis 18 is carried Referring to the drawings 1n which similar by a lever 20, said lever being pivotally se reference numerals designate corresponding cured between ears 21 on an adglusting plate parts throughout the several views, 1 indi- 22, said late being secured to t e top of the cafes an anchor 1st, which may be of the post 17, v passing bolts 23 through slots 24 35 usual, or any prc erred form, said post carry and into the post 17.

ing eye bolts :2 and 3, adjacent the upper and The lever 20 is so constructed, that when lower ends thereof, respectively, said bolts the gate is scoured in its closed position, the extending through bores 4 in the post and clevls 18 will be in a plane below the pivot secured therein by means of nuts 5. oint 25, so that the tension exerted on said 96' 40 Rotatably mounted in theeye portions 6 ever by the gate will give a downward pull and 7 of the bolts 2 and 3, is an upright 8, to the free end of the lever and, thereby, which is preferably constructed of a section hold the lever in its looked osrtion. of tubular pipe and, in order to prevent the In operation, when it is esired to secure upright from descending lo itudmelly in the the gate in its closed posltlon, the lower end 100 45 eyes, a collar-,9 issecured tot e upright 8, ad of t e auxiliary upright 12 is engaged with jacent its lower end, which is adapted to rest the clevis 19, when, by swinging. thelever 20 on the up er edge of the eye 7. to the right or to the op oslte ROSltXOH fi'OUX Secure to the central portion of the upthat shown in Fig. 1, t a olevls- 18 will be rightS. and extending at rightan les thereto, moved until the same may: be engaged with 50 is a bar 10. said bar being pre erably conthe upper end of the auxiliarv upright 12, strut-ted from '1' iron and having itsforward and in order to prevent the clevis 18 from and reduced to form a finger 11. casually slipping from the u per ed 1: of the An nuxiliaryupright l2 isslidablvmounted upright 12-, a lip 26 is provi ed on t e inner, upon the linger 11, by securing a ifurcatcd upper edge of tho auxiliary upright. After 5-5 arm 13. to the central portion of the auxiliary the olevis 18 has been placed In engagement upright and extending the same laterally with the upper end of the auxiliary upright 12, the} lever isogein swungto its closedposition, as shown in Fifiol. 1 and 2, thereby moving the olov'is 181w uw the pivot. point -25 and looking the gaitin its-closed pom-um. at. the some tinmmm'iug the upright nub wurdl on the linger 11 and drawing the stramls 14 taut. and, to prevent he avridow tal releasing of the lever 20, arotuining device 27 ispivot-ully seemed to the late 22 and in juxtaposition to the pathof t \e lever 20, so that by engaging said retaining device with the lever, upward movement-v wil! be srevented until such time as the retaining evice is released.

In order to cause the gate to readily swing open. after the same has been released from the clevises 18 and 19. the eve bolt 2 is provided with a spring '28. which surrounds the extended end of the bait 2, between the post 1 and the nut 5, so that as soon as the gate is released from said clevises. {he spring 28 will cause the bolt 2 to move Iongitudi- .nally throughthe 0st and, thereby, elevate the outer end of tlie gate, so that said gate will readily swing open, hv gravity.

The bar 10 is reinforced and held at right angles to the upright. S. by providing :1 sin) rod 29, one end of whivh is iixodto the upper end of the upright 8, while the opposite end thereof is secured to the ha! 10, at 11 pointadjacent the finger 11, said st-a-v rod serving to hold the arts in a horizontal position and at right ang es to the upright S.

It will thus be seen that I have provided avery cheap and economical form of gate and one that. can be readily secured in its closed position. It will further be seen that I have provided means for releasing the tension of the strands forming the gate when the gate is open and additional means fordrawing the strands taut when the gate is closed, and it will further be seen that by providing means for moving the anchoring upright out of a vertical position, the gate will swing open by ravitv.

1. In a gate of the class described, the none as? are bination within: anchoring mt, and a llliO-h post; of n pnir of eye mlts extending through said anchoring ash, un upri ht. Fwutully mounted in suhl oyo hnlis, u mr mod to mud upright. and extending at right angles thorvfrnm. u linger at the. from: end of said her, an auxiliary upright, o bifurcated urnt extending; internally from said upright, hav ng openings in its extended end to receive said linger, a spring surrounding said 'finger between the arm and end of the bar, a luralitv of strands carried by said uprig ts a late on the up r end of the latch 0st having elongated sl ts, bolts extending through said slots and into the post, a lever pivotallv mounted on said plate and a clevis -carried by said lever adapted to engage the auxiliary upright and direct tension on said strands, and, at the some time, lock the gate in its closed position.

2. In a. gate of the (lass described, the combinrition with uuanchoring post and a iatch pasta of eye bolts extending through bores i m said anchoring: 7513, nuts adapted to securo said 0 0 hults to the post, a spring surf rounding: omoud of the upper eye hull and lmtween the nut and post, on 11 right pivotall]: muuntt'd in said eye ho ts, at collar adapted to support the upright, a bar secured to said upright and extending at, right 2 angles thereto. an auxiliary ppright, means i to movably set-use said auxiliary upright to K said auxiliary upright and ho d the gatem its closed position. a lover pivotally mounted ion the upper end of the latch post and i adapted to engage the upper olevis and se i cure or release the gate, as the lever is I moved to the left or right. E In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- EDWARD P. MALONE.

. l the bar, a pair 0'2. devises, oda ted to engage Witnesses:

H. O. DOLLY, (f; II. lLu'Is. 

